OBJECTIVES: Considering disease incidence to be a main contributor to healthy lifespan
of the US elderly population may lead to erroneous conclusions when recovery/long-term
remission factors are underestimated. Using two ...

BACKGROUND: Treatment selection for elderly patients with lung cancer must balance
the benefits of curative/life-prolonging therapy and the risks of increased mortality
due to comorbidities. Lung cancer trials generally ...

OBJECTIVES: To use the Medicare Files of Service Use (MFSU) to evaluate patterns in
the incidence of aging-related diseases in the U.S. elderly population. DESIGN: Age-specific
incidence rates of 19 aging-related diseases ...

Multi-morbidity is common among older adults; however, for many aging-related diseases
there is no information for U.S. elderly population on how earlier-manifested disease
affects the risk of another disease manifested ...